Container for water softening or filtering material.



G. H. WIDNER.

CONTAINER FOR WATER SOFTENING OR FILTERING MATERIAL.

APPLICATION FILED JAN.2, 1917.

1,223,460. Patented Apr. 24,1917.

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2 I 9 I 0- i e o a 4s attozueq UNITED STATES TEnT OFFICE.

GEORGE HENRY WIDNER, OF DES ll\EI1\l'1?iS,--IOWA.

CONTAINER FOR WATER SOFTENING OR FILTERING MATERIAL.

Application filed January 2, 1917 Serial No. 140,230.

"To all ielwm it may concern.

Be it known that I, GEORGE llnxnr XVII)- Q 'xnu, a citizen oi the. l nited States of Amerv ica. residing at Des Moines, .in the county lot Polk and State of lowa, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Containers for \Vater Softening or Filterin Material, of which. the following is a specification.

water sottening or illi(l'lll material. It is This invention relates to containers for well-known that it is highly desirable to as far as possible, eliminate the washing or violent and disturbing effect upon the filtering material. in filters or the water softening inaterialin water softeners and that it is also highly desirable to equalize the flow as tar r as possible/over the entire area of said material. It is, therefore, the primary object of the present invention to so construct a container of the type aforesaid that the flow of water will be evenly distributed and r equalized over the entire area of the filter and the flow will be controlled in such man nor that the violent disturbances of the maa terial contained within the container will be a container constructed in tlCCOltlilIlCO\Vitll within the plate 8 and an outlet prevented. The equalization of the flow prevents channeling and prevents some of the mat'oriai from having to take care of more water than other partsoi the material.

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Figurc lis a vertical. sectional iew of the invention and Fig. 2 is a horizontal, sectional view therethrough. In carrying out the invention I provide a container 5 havin g the heads 6 and 7 and having a man-hole opening 8 throughwhich filtering or water soft'ning material maybe- .threaded flanges 12 and l3'adapted to receiveinlet andoutletp-ipes, not shown.

The invention resides particularly in the construction of the plates 8 and -9 and their disposition with relation to the inlet and Specification of Letters Patent.

the plate n which they BEST AVAlLABLE Patented outlet ports these plates is provided with a plurality of concentrically arranged rows of openin designated respectively, 14, 15, 16,'1 7, -1 8 and 19 and the openings constitutin such rows are progressively largeinfrom t e center of the plate to the circumference thereof, said rows not onlv being concentric with relation to each other but being substantiallyton centric with relation to the plates within which they are formed. It will, therefore,

inlet and outlet openings respectively fitnd this imperforate portion receives the first and by referring to 2 ofthe drawing it will, be seen that eachof 05 l be seen that an impcrforate portion, 20fo' f each of the plates lies in alinernent'witlilthe" force ot' the incoming stream through the inlet port 10 and acts the force of the incoming stream. The water is then caused to travel radially from said imperforate portion, and in all directions, and findsrits way through the several rows of openings 14 to 19 into thebody of the rontainer and through the body ,of theimaterial contained therein; the water passing through the openings in the plateQani i out of the discharge port 11. Since the pressure is greatest in alinement with port 10 the openings 14 are made smaller than the openings 15. 16, 17, 18 and19;an d the area oi the openings of the severalrows is such that their area will be in direct proportion to the pressure existing, at that point upon are formed so that an equalqhezl How will be secured over the entire areifiof said-plate.

' In otherwords, the volume of water that passes through one of the openings 14: in a given time will be equal to the volume of water that passes through one of the open- This is ings 19 in the same length of time. due to the fact that the increased area of port 19 with the water at a reduced pressure gives a flowequal to the flow through the much smaller openings 14 but with the water at a higher pressure at that point.

Even with ,an equal distribution of the as a baflle'to break upwater over the entire area of the material within the container, it is foundthat after a period of use this material becomes compacted to such an extent that the water finds its Way more readily through some portions of the material to break up 'any channels of the material than through others and it] then becomes desirable to loosen up the body '1 outermost of said openings toward the sides of the containers. The angle of these openmgs 1n con1unct1on with their increased area gives such a volume of flow, despite the 'reced pressure at that point over the entire bottom of the material as to bodily. lift the v claim is z;

entire body of material and thoroughly loosen the same.

Haring described my invention what I 1. In combination, a container, an inlet thereto, and a plate disposed between said inlet and the main body of the container and having a plurality of openings formed therein, the area of which is proportional to the pressure existing at the point where they are located.

2. In combination, a container, an inlet thereto, and a plate disposed between said inlet and the main body of the container and having a plurality of openings'formed therethrough which successively increase in area from the center toward the circumference of said plate and said inlet being disposed to BEST AVAILABLE COP" discharge upon the central POI'tlOH of said plate.

3. In combination, a container, an inlet thereto, an outlet therefrom and plates dis posed between the 'inlet and the outlet respectively and the body of the container each, of said plates having a plurality of openings -formed therethrough which in: crease progressively in area from the center to the circumference of said plates, said inlet heing disposed to discharge centrally upon one of said plates.

4-. In combination a container, an inlet located centrally at one end thereof, a plate disposed between said inlet and the main body of the container, said plate having an imperfo'rate central portion disposed in alincment with the inlet and a plurality of annular rows of openings formed therein, the openings of the several rows progressively increasing in area from the center to the circumference of the plate and an outlet at the opposite end of the container whereby when the container is filled with material water may he passed through the bed of the material continuously and under pressure and the flow therothrough will be equalized by the difference in area of the openings of the several rows.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

. GEORGE HENRY WIDNER.

Witnesses:

(i. \V. Pna'runn, E. E. Moon. 

